I'll make this short and sweet. After a few months of ownership of the Hyperstrada 821, I noticed that though I love the upright commanding seating position aided by the higher handlebars on the HS 821, my torso also seems to struggle to keep up with the bike and I catch my self falling...
I just purchased a 2015 Hyperstrada 821. During my pre-purchase research I learned the HS comes in two versions as per the spec sheet on Ducati's website, the Standard version with 150mm suspension travel front and back with 178mm ground clearance and 850mm seat height, and the Low Seat version...
Some background
The clutch on the 2013 and 2014 Hypermotard/Hyperstrada is infamously bad. The design of the clutch results in a minuscule engagement zone and inconsistent clutch engagement when launching at varying RPMs. The result is a clutch that is near impossible to launch smoothly...